Description
Designed specifically for introductory globalization courses, Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informed opinions about globalization, inviting them to become participants rather than just passive learners.
- Identifies and explores the major economic, political and social ties that comprise contemporary global interdependency
- Examines a broad sweep of topics, from the rise of transnational corporations and global commodity chains, to global health challenges and policies, to issues of worker solidarity and global labor markets, through to emerging forms of global mobility by both business elites and their critics
- Written by an award-winning teacher, and enhanced throughout by numerous empirical examples, maps, tables, an extended bibliography, glossary of key terms, and suggestions for further reading and student research
- Supported by additional web resources - available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/sparke - including hot links to news reports, examples of globalization and other illustrative sites, and archived examples of student projects
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Author: Matthew Sparke
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 02/04/2013
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780631231295
ISBN10: 0631231293
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Earth Sciences | Geography
- Political Science | Globalization
- Social Science | General
About the Author
Matthew Sparke is Professor of Geography and International Studies at the University of Washington, where he also serves as the Director of the undergraduate program in Global Health.